Making lasagna in the garden

Making lasagna in the garden

Well I had a rain day today and on the way home I picked up 3 truckloads of grass, leaves etc for the garden (well I did have to go back out to get the 3 loads but you know what I mean LOL).

When making lasagna first you must gather all the ingredients.

Than you must get your cooking device ready by greasing it with a gentle layer of compost.

Next step is to add a layer of shredded paper.

A generous layer of leaves is next on list. A helper to check for quality is always helpful. I have Lucy a fine chef, she seems pleased so far.

Next as an added surprise a light layer of pine needles. Lucy is testing the brew.

Finally a good layer of grass to top it off.

Now let this simmer for a few weeks and mix it up or let it go and stay inside where it is warm. I will be adding a bit more compost and grass as it becomes available. Let this cook till spring and you are ready to serve.

Did anyone happen to see the episode of dirty jobs where Mike went to the worm farms? They just took a bunch of shredded paper and tilled it into the dirt to feed the worms, just like you're doing Gix And they were just farming the worms for the castings. It was a good episode if anyone gets the chance to go back and watch it. Looks like you're doing a good job Gix, keep it up!

Last edited by GardenRN on Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:31 am, edited 1 time in total.

Worms

Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:47 am

gix, do you have worms there in your garden naturally? Seems worms would do very well with all that organic matter. Here we have some earth worms, and also night crawlers. The night crawlers were not always present in this area. Fishermen imported them and they did well once established. I could not believe my eyes the first time I saw a night crawler. They were huge compared to the worms I used to dig to take fishing. I have night crawlers on my lot now. Their castings make bumps in the lawn, but I am sure the castings are good for the plants.

Re: Worms

Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:00 pm

jal_ut wrote:gix, do you have worms there in your garden naturally? Seems worms would do very well with all that organic matter. Here we have some earth worms, and also night crawlers. The night crawlers were not always present in this area. Fishermen imported them and they did well once established. I could not believe my eyes the first time I saw a night crawler. They were huge compared to the worms I used to dig to take fishing. I have night crawlers on my lot now. Their castings make bumps in the lawn, but I am sure the castings are good for the plants.

Worms? Yes. I could almost not believe the amount of worms in there. It is incredible, just pick a spot dig and you will find a bunch. I found a huge one last year might have been a night crawler this thing was as big as my pinky around and very long. I thought it was a little snake at first.

I've gotten tons of bags of leaves and moved my compost pile to the garden for the winter. Wish I would have taken pics at various stages like the op, but this is all I got:

Former compost pile (just mulched over for the winter)

I've sinced removed the plastic bags and covered with leaves (ill-conceived plan ). The stalks are from sunflower plants I don't remove roots any longer and I leave them for the birds/lizards to perch on and if they get in the way I just cut them down leaving the roots in the ground for nutrients).

Spot for my banana plant, I cut them all down when I harvested the bananas. But it's nice out so a few are already growing back.

Hibiscus in the corner with Myer Lemon to the left and some containerized tomatoes and other pollinator-attracting plants